Cancer Free

Good morning all, happy Monday!

As you all know, I had my surgery this past Wednesday, so I write today proudly able to say that I am currently cancer-free!  The surgery was a tremendous success, it took about 2.5 hours and Dr. Monson indicated that the tumor was very small and he was able to get the entire thing.  He then called me yesterday to relay the results of the tests they ran on the tissue extracted.  He said it was mostly dead tissue, which means that the chemo and radiation really did their jobs perfectly.

The real unknown in my mind goes back to what the post-op nurse told men about what I was doing when I awoke from surgery.  He said I was singing Elton John songs, which is weird, because I am honestly not really a fan of his catalog.  Seems strange that I would choose to burst into his tunes at such a time.  I spent one night in the hospital after surgery, with no real complications, save vomiting twice due to the morphine after dinner.  I am limping around a little bit so I am using a cane, which is much more convenient than crutches thankfully.  Two drainage tubes were inserted in my leg to help keep the void clear of fluid, so upon discharge I had two squeeze it bottles dangling from my leg, which made wearing shorts a no no.  Other than a  little pain and the limping I can't complain, just so thankful to have surgery behind me.  I have had such great support from all of you out there, as well as amazing care from my medical team; I thank you all so much!

Next up for me aside from recovering from this surgery is another round of scans in June.  This will be a quarterly staple for about 2 years, and then assuming no relapse, the scans will be moved to every 4 months and then biannually. 


Thanks again for the support!